effectiveness by accident? sea in austria’s high level
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Effectiveness by Accident? SEA in Austria’s High Level Transport Planning
Felix Sternath
2021-05-19
SEA in Austria’s High Level Transport Planning
Success factors for SEA effectiveness
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# 1
Legal
Framework
# 3
Devoted
Protagonists
# 2
Effective
Guidelines
One federal law – one process – one (environmental) report
Success Factor # 1: Legal Framework
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Requirement for
planning a high
level transport
network
Requirement for
carrying out an
SEA
Integrated network
planning and SEA
Objectives for the high level transport network in the federal law
• Provision of high quality infrastructure
• Connection to international network
• Benefit from comparative advantages
• Economic and social cohesion
• Favourable cost-benefit ratio
Success Factor # 1: Legal Framework
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“Plan“ according to law: Node-edges-model
Success Factor # 2: Effective Guidelines
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Guidelines require “strategic” alternatives assessment
Success Factor # 2: Effective Guidelines
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Guidelines require an evaluation
framework which is generated
from plans and programmes.
Success Factor # 3: Devoted Protagonists
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But from where do we get our devotion?
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Felix Sternath
RaumUmwelt® Planungs-GmbH
Neubaugasse 28
A-1070 Vienna
T: +43 1 2363063 136